Directions: Help Mrs. Bowlin organize the supplies for her students who are
going to make quilts out of paper squares. Use the information in her supply
chart to help her organize the buttons, paper, markers, and glue.
Craft Supply Total Number
of Items
buttons 1,248
construction
paper squares
2,040
markers 567
glue sticks 245
Part 1
Directions: Write an equation and show how you solved each problem. In order
to answer these questions, you may find it helpful to draw pictures on separate
sheets of paper.
1. If Mrs. Bowlin separated the buttons evenly into 8 containers, how
many buttons would be in each container?
To find the number of buttons in each container, we need to divide the total number of buttons by the number of containers.
Number of buttons in each container = Total number of buttons / Number of containers
Plugging in the given values:
Number of buttons in each container = 1,248 / 8 = 156
Therefore, there would be 156 buttons in each container.
Mrs. Bowlin had 4 colors of construction paper. If she had the same
number of pieces of each color, how many pieces of each color did
Mrs. Bowlin have?
To find the number of pieces of each color of construction paper, we need to divide the total number of construction paper squares by the number of colors.
Number of pieces of each color = Total number of construction paper squares / Number of colors
Plugging in the given values:
Number of pieces of each color = 2,040 / 4 = 510
Therefore, Mrs. Bowlin had 510 pieces of each color.
Mrs. Bowlin organized the markers into sets. If there were 9 markers
in each set, how many sets of markers did Mrs. Bowlin create?
To find the number of sets of markers, we need to divide the total number of markers by the number of markers in each set.
Number of sets of markers = Total number of markers / Number of markers in each set
Plugging in the given values:
Number of sets of markers = 567 / 9 = 63
Therefore, Mrs. Bowlin created 63 sets of markers.
. Mrs. Bowlin organized the glue sticks into 7 bins. How many glue
sticks were in each bin.
To find the number of glue sticks in each bin, we need to divide the total number of glue sticks by the number of bins.
Number of glue sticks in each bin = Total number of glue sticks / Number of bins
Plugging in the given values:
Number of glue sticks in each bin = 245 / 7 = 35
Therefore, there would be 35 glue sticks in each bin.
In art class, the students each made rectangular quilts using 24 paper
squares. They then glued a button onto each square and decorated the
squares with markers.
1. Create all of the possible arrays for modeling a rectangular quilt with
the 24 paper squares. Write an equation to accompany each array.
You can use the attached pre-made quilt squares by cutting and
pasting them, or you can draw the arrays with your own designs on a
separate sheet of paper.
Here are several possible arrays for modeling a rectangular quilt with 24 paper squares:
1) Array:
________ ________ ________ ________
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|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
Equation: Length = 4 squares, Width = 6 squares (4 x 6 = 24)
2) Array:
________ ________
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|_______| |_______|
________ ________
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|_______| |_______|
Equation: Length = 2 squares, Width = 12 squares (2 x 12 = 24)
3) Array:
________
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|_______|
________
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|_______|
________
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|_______|
Equation: Length = 3 squares, Width = 8 squares (3 x 8 = 24)
4) Array:
________ ________
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|_______| |_______|
Equation: Length = 2 squares, Width = 12 squares (2 x 12 = 24)
These are just a few examples of the possible arrays. There are many other combinations that can be made with different lengths and widths that result in a total of 24 paper squares.